Carrier or conveyer.



L. HASSBLBUSGH.

CARRIER OR CONVEYER. APPLICATION rum) JAN. 29, 1914.

1,102,91 3, Patented July 7, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO: PHOTO-LITHO, WASHINGTON. D- C.

run STATES LOUIS HASSELBUSCH, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENN$YLVANIA.

CARRIER OR CONVEYER.

Application filed January 29, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs I-IAssnLBUsoH,

a citizen of the United States, residing in.

Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful device or improvement in carriers or conveyers especially adapted for and to be used in raising and lowering shades and conveying them from one location to another, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object or purpose of this invention is to provide a carrier or conveyer to receive, hold, retain and be adjusted to any length of rod or bar made of wood or metal, to so construct the carrier or conveyer that by its novel construction a rod, bar, window shade or map can be immediately attached to it, be retained by it, and firmly and securely held in place.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a carrier or conveyer which when adjusted to and carried by it, a rod, bar, shade roller, or map can be conveyed from one location to another, raised or lowered at will in an easy, simple and eflicient manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means whereby, when the carrier or conveyer is attached to a Window frame, carrying a shade, means are provided whereby the shade can be raised or lowered, from the top or bottom at will, permitting the free and uninterrupted passage of air and light, also to exclude drafts especially in the rooms and wards of hospitals and homes.

The invention consists in a novel construction and combination of'the several parts, as will hereinafter be fully set forth and pointed out in claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1. is a vertical sectionthrough the casing of the device, illustrating the parts contained within the casing in a side elevation. Fig. 2. is a view of the improved device as applied and attached to window frame. Fig. 3. is a vertical transverse section taken practically on the line A. of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are horizontal and vertical sections, respectively, of one of the two elbows or right-angular supports for the curtain-bar or roller. Figs. 6 and 6 are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7', 1914.

Serial No. 815,161.

different views of a hook to which the curtain suspending cord is attached. Fig. 7 illustrates how the device may be carried by hand.

In Figs. 1 and 2, numerals 1 and 2 indicate tubes which are telescopically connected, the larger one having also a collar, 3 whose contracted end embraces the smaller tube 2, and thus supplements the telescopic joint proper. Below and parallel to the telescopic member thus formed is a curtainbar or roller 10, and the means for suspending the latter from the telescopic member are two elbow or right-angular brackets 5. The horizontal portions or arms of these elbows or brackets are connected by a spiral spring 4:, which is attached to their reduced ends 7, and is extended in the middle portion of the telescopic tube. The ends of the curtain-bar or roller 10 rest in inclined, open sockets 9 (see Figs. 1 and 5) which are formed in the inner sides and lower ends of the vertical members of the elbows or brackets. Thus the said bar or roller is adapted to be conveniently inserted or detached, as will be readily understood.

The entire device may be suspended by cords, which may be attached in different ways, thus, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, cords 11 may pass through holes 6 formed in the outer ends of the telescopic members and coincidentally in the horizontal arms of the brackets 5; or the cords 11 may be passed through holes 8 formed in the outer upper angles of the brackets.

The operation of the device is obvious. The slidable tubular members 1 and 2 are adjusted telescopically according to the length of the curtain-roller 10, and the tension of the spring 4 will cause brackets 5 to press lightly against the ends of the roller.

Screw hooks 12, having curved free ends 13 may be employed for supporting the cord 11 or the cord may be attached to the hook for holding the curtain conveyer supported at any required height.

The vertical members of the brackets 5 may be provided with wheels 14 to relieve friction with a sash or window-frame when the curtain is being adjusted higher or lower.

What I claim is l. A conveyer and support for window shades comprising an adjustable tubular member, brackets applied to the ends of said ends provided with open slots serving as sockets for reception of a curtain-roller, as described. I

p In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two wit- 15 member and having sockets for reception of a shade roller, and a spring connecting said brackets, as described.

2. A conveyer and support for window shades comprising telescoped tubes, right angular brackets whose horizonal arms enter nesses. I the outer ends of the tubes, a spring ar- LOUIS HASSELBUSCH. ranged in the telescoped tubes and connect Witnesses:

ALBERT F. HELBLING,

,ing the said brackets, the vertical or pend-' J. C. CLAGHORN.

10 ent arms of the brackets having their lower Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

' Washington, D. O. 

